abuk

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate with Malay habuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abuk/
• Hyphenation: a‧buk

Noun

abuk

1. dust (fine, dry particles)

Iban

Etymology

Cognate with Malay habuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abuk/
• Rhymes: -abuk
• Hyphenation: a‧buk

Noun

abuk

1. dust (fine, dry particles)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈabuk/ [ˈa.bʊk̚]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -abuk
• Syllabification: a‧buk

Noun

abuk

1. dust, powder

   Synonym: serbuk

2. (dialectal) hair, body hair

   Synonyms: rambut, bulu

3. Synonym of dodongkal (“a cake made with palm flour”)

Javanese

Romanization

abuk

1. Romanization of ꦲꦧꦸꦏ꧀

Lun Bawang

Noun

abuk

1. drunkenness

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abuk/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [a.boʔ]

    • Audio (Malaysia):

      (file)

  • (Baku) IPA^(key): [a.bʊʔ]
• Rhymes: -buk, -uk
• Hyphenation: a‧buk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese.

Verb

abuk (Jawi spelling ابوق)

1. Imperative or first-person and second-person passive of mengabuk.

Etymology 2

Spelling pronunciation of habuk.

Noun

abuk (Jawi spelling ابوق, plural abuk-abuk)

1. Nonstandard form of habuk.

Further reading

• “abuk” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.